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 # that it might come true, what
 
-The phrase "that it might come true" can be translated as the beginning of a new sentence. Alternate translation: "This was to fulfill what"
+The phrase "that it might come true" can be translated as the beginning of a new sentence. If so, the previous verse should end with a period. Alternate translation: "This was to fulfill what"
 
 # what had been said through Isaiah the prophet, saying